Rugby World Cup 2015 Schedule and Team Divisions

Rugby World Cup 2015 Rugby World Cup 2015 Schedule Rugby World Cup 2015 is the 8th edition of world championship which is going to be held from 18th September to 31st October 2015. England will be serving as the host country of Rugby World Cup 2015. The apex battle of the world’s eighth biggest sport will feature 20 nations competing for the ultimate reward. All 20 teams are divided into 4 pools of five teams each. The pool division goes as under:

Pool A Australia, England, Wales, Fiji, Uruguay
Pool B South Africa, Samoa, Scotland, Japan ,United States
Pool C New Zealand, Argentina, Tonga, Georgia, Namibia
Pool D France, Ireland, Italy, Canada, Romania

The starting match will be played between the host country England and Fuji while the 2011 World champions New Zealand will start their title defending campaign against Argentina on 20th of September. The complete Rugby World Cup 2015 Schedule is s under:

Rugby World Cup 2015 Schedule:

Date Matches
18TH SEPTEMBER 2015 ENGLAND v FIJI
19TH SEPTEMBER 2015 TONGA v GEORGIA, IRELAND v CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA v JAPAN, FRANCE v ITALY
20TH SEPTEMBER 2015 SAMOA v USA, WALES v URUGUAY, NEW ZEALAND v ARGENTINA
23RD SEPTEMBER 2015 SCOTLAND v JAPAN, AUSTRALIA v FIJI, FRANCE v ROMANIA
24TH SEPTEMBER 2015 NEW ZEALAND v NAMIBIA,
25TH SEPTEMBER 2015 ARGENTINA v GEORGIA
26TH SEPTEMBER 2015 ITALY v CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA v SAMOA, ENGLAND v WALES
27TH SEPTEMBER 2015 AUSTRALIA v URUGUAY, SCOTLAND v USA, IRELAND v ROMANIA
29TH SEPTEMBER 2015 TONGA v NAMIBIA
1ST OCTOBER 2015 WALES v FIJI, FRANCE v CANADA
2ND OCTOBER 2015 NEW ZEALAND v GEORGIA
3RD OCTOBER 2015 SAMOA v JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA v SCOTLAND, ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA
4TH OCTOBER 2015 ARGENTINA v TONGA, IRELAND v ITALY
6TH OCTOBER 2015 CANADA v ROMANIA, FIJI v URUGUAY
7TH OCTOBER 2015 SOUTH AFRICA v USA, NAMIBIA v GEORGIA
9TH OCTOBER 2015 NEW ZEALAND v TONGA
10TH OCTOBER 2015 SAMOA v SCOTLAND, AUSTRALIA v WALES, ENGLAND v URUGUAY
11TH OCTOBER 2015 ARGENTINA v NAMIBIA, ITALY v ROMANIA, FRANCE v IRELAND, USA v JAPAN

AS per the Rugby World Cup 2015 Schedule the Knock out round will begin with Quarter Finals being played on 17th and 18th October whereas the semifinals will be played on 24th and 25th October 2015. On Friday 30th October 2015 the winner of the bronze medal will be decided and the Final of the Rugby World Cup 2015 will be played on 31st October 2015 at Twickenham, London.